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ECCO  A group of some of today's most exciting young string players envisioned the creation of a conductor-less chamber orchestra, based upon democratic principles, whose focus is purely on music-making. This organic approach, their passion, and commitment resulted in the creation of ECCO. The members of ECCO are accomplished musicians who have soloed with such great orchestras as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony. Members of ECCO may also be seen performing with various chamber ensembles, including the Los Angeles Piano Quartet, Time for Three, Jupiter String Quartet, Silk Road Ensemble and Enso String Quartet. The ensemble members are graduates of some of the top conservatories including Curtis, Juilliard, Cleveland Institute, New England Conservatory, and Peabody. Visit ECCO's website. Four Nations Ensemble  The Four Nations Ensemble brings together soloists who are leading exponents of period instrument to present great music from the Renaissance through the Viennese Classical masterpieces of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Four Nations has developed a leading presence on the early music scene in New York and across the country. The Ensemble performs the major masterpieces of the 17th and 18th centuries. Four Nations has performed at major houses and series throughout the United States including The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. The Ensemble has participated in festivals including The Boston Early Music Festival, New York's Mostly Mozart, Amherst Festival, Chautauqua, The Indiana Early Music Festival, The Redwoods Festival in Santa Rosa, California, and Brasilseguridade in Rio de Janeiro. Visit Four Nations Ensemble's website. Imani Winds  More than North America's premier wind quintet, Imani Winds has established itself as one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the United States. Imani Winds' extensive touring schedule has brought them to most of this country's major concert venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Disney Hall and Kimmel Center. The group is frequently engaged by the country’s premier chamber music series and festivals including Chamber Music Northwest, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Music Society, Virginia Arts Festival, Bravo! Colorado and Ravinia. Visit Imani Winds's website. Jasper String Quartet  Winner of the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award, the Jasper String Quartet has been hailed as "sonically delightful and expressively compelling" (The Strad) and as "powerful" (The New York Times). They play "with sparkling vitality and great verve, ...polished, engaged, and in tune with one another." (Classical Voice of North Carolina) Winners of numerous competitions, the Jasper Quartet enjoys prestigious appointments as Quartet-in-Residence at Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, OH) and Ensemble-in-Residence at Classic Chamber Concerts (Naples, FL). In 2010, they joined the roster of Astral Artists after winning their national auditions. Originally formed at Oberlin Conservatory, the Jasper Quartet began pursuing a professional career in 2006, and have performed throughout the United States and in Canada, England, Italy, Japan, Korea, and Norway. They are named after Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada and J and Rachel are married. Visit Jasper String Quartet's website. tf3: Time for Three  The groundbreaking, category-shattering trio Time for Three transcends traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. What started as a trio of musicians who played together for fun while students at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute for Music evolved into Time for Three, or Tf3 for short -- a charismatic ensemble with a reputation for limitless enthusiasm and no musical boundaries. The ensemble gained instant attention in July 2003, during a lightning-induced power failure at Philadelphia’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts. While technicians attempted to restore onstage lighting, Ranaan and Zach, who were both performing as members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, obliged with an impromptu jam session that included works as far afield from the originally scheduled symphony as “Jerusalem’s Ridge,” “Ragtime Annie,” and “The Orange Blossom Special.” The crowd went wild. Their jam-packed 2011-2012 season will feature their Carnegie Hall debut, a residency at Princeton University, appearances with the Boston Pops and their first tour of South America. After two self-produced CDs, TF3 released its first commercial CD, Three Fervent Travelers in 2010. It debuted in the top 10 on Billboard, Amazon and iTunes, and remained in the top 10 on the Billboard Crossover Charts for more than 10 months. The ensemble has embarked on a major commissioning program to expand its unique repertoire for symphony orchestras. The first project was Concerto 4-3, written by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon. 2010 saw the premiere of Travels in Time for Three by Chris Brubeck, co-commissioned by the Boston Pops and 9 other orchestras. The next work in the series will be by William Bolcom, commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony, for a premiere in 2013. Visit tf3: Time for Three's website. Ying Quartet  The Grammy-Award winning Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today's world. Now in its second decade as a quartet, the Ying has established itself as one of the most outstanding chamber ensembles. Their performances regularly take place in the world's most important concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. At the same time, the Quartet's belief that concert music can also be a meaningful part of everyday life has also drawn the foursome to perform in settings as diverse as the workplace, schools, juvenile prisons, and the White House. In fact, the Ying Quartet's constant quest to explore the creative possibilities of the string quartet has led it to an unusually diverse array of musical projects and interests. As quartet-in-residence at the Eastman School of Music, the Ying Quartet teaches in the string department and leads a rigorous, sequentially designed chamber music program. One cornerstone of chamber music activity at Eastman is the noted Music for All program, in which all students have the opportunity to perform in community settings beyond the concert hall. Visit Ying Quartet's website. Rebecca Albers  Violist Rebecca Albers, is currently a member of the Phoenix Quartet and a recent addition to the University of Michigan's viola faculty. She also tours extensively with the Albers Trio, a string trio formed with her sisters Laura and Julie Albers, with fiddler Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio and ECCO. Ms. Albers received her BM and MM degrees from the Juilliard School. As the winner of Juilliard 2002-2003 viola competition, Ms. Albers made her New York solo debut with the Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. As a chamber musician, she has performed across the United States and Europe, with such artists as Richard Goode, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, and St. Lawrence String Quartets. Upcoming engagements include a west coast tour with Musicians from Marlboro, a tour of England with the International Musician’s Seminar, and performances with the Albers Trio, the Appalachia Waltz Trio, and the Phoenix Quartet. Paloma Capanna  Paloma Capanna is a freelance writer & photographer, as well as an attorney. Paloma brings decades of writing, photography, and publishing to her work. Her bylines regularly appear in City Newspaper for all things classical from previews and profiles to concert reviews. Paloma's photography is sold throughout the region at various art shows and in galleries, including the Rochester Museum & Science Center Holiday Show, Corn Hill Festival, Clothesline Arts Festival, Artist's Row at the Public Market, and Image City Gallery. Visit Paloma Capanna's website. Edward Castilano  Mr. Castilano holds the position of principal double bassist in the Syracuse Symphony and has made numerous solo appearances with the SSO, most recently this February. Graduating in 1976 from the Eastman School of Music, he participated for six seasons in the Spoleto Festival in Italy and in Charleston, SC, and has made several appearances with the Lincoln Center Chamber Players. Mr. Castilano has also played with the Rochester, Philadelphia, Savanna, and Spokane symphonies. Chelsea Chen  One of the most promising organists of her generation, Chelsea Chen has electrified Visit Chelsea Chen's website. Troy Cook  American baritone Troy Cook recently made his La Bohème debut at the Hamburg State Opera, where he also performed in Falstaff in the spring of 2010, and the Royal Opera at Covent Garden in Così fan tutte. In the 2010-2011 season, Mr. Cook returned to Lyric Opera of Kansas City and appeared on the concert stage with the Pacific Symphony and the Arizona Musicfest, the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and the Winston-Salem Symphony. Future seasons include appearances at Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera de Las Palmas and Central City Opera. Troy Cook made his New York City Opera debut in the 1999/2000 season with roles in the trilogy, Central Park, which he also sang with Glimmerglass Opera. Those performances were taped and later telecast on the PBS series Great Performances. He holds a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. Visit Troy Cook's website. Elinor Freer  Pianist Elinor Freer has built a versatile career as chamber musician and soloist, performing across the United States, Europe, and China. Highlights include performances at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Valery Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove, England, and at the Akademie Muizicky Chumeni in Prague. She has also made successive recordings for Dutch radio and performed at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow. Ms. Freer is also one of two American pianists selected to perform extensively throughout China in tours designed to promote cultural relations. A featured soloist with numerous orchestras, Ms. Freer also frequently performs at festivals such as Summer Music in Harrisburg, PA, the Festival de Música de Cámera in Mexico, Music in the Vineyards, and the Bowdoin Music Festival. Ms. Freer has been a prizewinner and laureate in many competitions such as the Joanna Hodges and the American Pianists Association, and she has held fellowships at the Steans Institute/Ravinia Festival and the Tanglewood Music Center. She is currently on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music and the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Committed to bringing classical music to new audiences, she continues to present a multitude of educational and community performances across the country in settings ranging from inner city schools to psychiatric hospitals. Maureen Hurd  Maureen has appeared in concerts and master classes throughout Europe, Asia and North America. She has performed at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, at Merkin Hall and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Alice Tully Hall. She was a featured performer at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFests® in Vancouver, Japan and Los Angeles. Her festival appearances include chamber music performances at the Norfolk, Skaneateles, and Weekend of Chamber Music Festivals. She earned all of her graduate degrees including DMA from the Yale School of Music and is currently on the faculty of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Maureen has been recognized for her study and performances of classical works connected to Benny Goodman, and she performed and lectured at the Yale School of Music and at Zankel Hall in 2009 as part of a Benny Goodman centenary. Jung Min Amy Lee  Amy Lee joined The Cleveland Orchestra as associate concertmaster in March 2008. A soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age fifteen, Ms. Lee holds a bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and a master’s degree from the Juilliard School. Ms. Lee is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two program, participating in tours, a digital concert series and recordings, and educational outreach. Amy Lee won first prize in San Francisco’s Irving M. Klein International String Competition and at the Corpus Christi International Competition for piano and strings. She has performed with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, the National Gallery Orchestra, and Germany’s Baden-Baden Philharmonic. She is a member of the Omni String Quartet, founded with three fellow members of The Cleveland Orchestra: Alicia Koelz, Joanna Patterson, and Tanya Ell. Visit Jung Min Amy Lee's website. Liz Mann  Elizabeth Mann has served as principal flute of the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble since 1983. She has toured the United States performing the Mozart Flute Concerto under the baton of Andrè Previn and traveled throughout Spain and Japan performing the Brandenburg Concerti with renowned violinist/conductor Jaime Laredo. In 1998 Ms. Mann and Mr. Gidon Kremer played the U.S. premiere of the Gubaidalina Concerto for Flute and Violin with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Other solo performances include concertos with the Boston Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic and the National Chamber Orchestra of Baltimore. Jeremy Mastrangelo  Liverpool native Jeremy Mastrangelo was appointed Associate Concertmaster of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra in 2001. Since then, he was a featured soloist with the Orchestra on multiple occasions, most recently in the 2004-2005 season in a performance of Bach’s Concerto for two violins with Jaime Laredo. Mr. Mastrangelo has been a finalist in the Julius Stulberg competition, and also won first prize in the National Federation of Music Clubs competition and the Michigan ASTA competition. He has served as co-concertmaster of the New World Symphony Orchestra in Miami, as a substitute violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and also as concertmaster and soloist with the Bach and Beyond festival in Fredonia, New York. Mastrangelo has performed numerous solo recitals in the Syracuse area and is an adjunct faculty member of Syracuse University. Sara Mastrangelo  A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sara Mastrangelo was a member of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra since 2001. Before moving to Central New York, she was a member of the New World Symphony Orchestra in Miami. Ms. Mastrangelo is active as a chamber musician, having worked with members of the American, Cleveland, Julliard, Prazak, Cherubini, and Orford string quartets. She has performed at several Festivals, including Tanglewood, Breckenridge and Skaneateles. As a soloist, she has participated in the prestigious 2004 International Violin Competition in Geneva, Switzerland, and has soloed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Hamilton College Orchestra. Sara holds degrees in music performance from McGill University, the University of Michigan and Carnegie-Mellon. She has held positions as adjunct violin professor at Hamilton College and at Hobart and William Smith College. Melissa Matson  Ms. Matson, principal violist of the Rochester Philharmonic, has performed at Skaneateles since 1987. A California native, she received her degrees and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. She was a founding member of the Chester String Quartet, which won prizes at the Munich and Portsmouth (England) International String Quartet competitions. She currently teaches viola orchestra repertoire at Eastman. Her teachers and mentors have been Martha Katz, Heidi Castleman, Karen Tuttle, and the Cleveland and Juilliard quartets. Anna Petersen Stearns  In 2009, Anna Petersen Stearns became the principal oboe of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Prior to joining the SSO, she performed as a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently a regular guest oboist with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Stearns is an active soloist and chamber musician. She has been a fellow at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, a participant at the Masterclass Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and a performer at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. Ms. Stearns earned her degrees from the Eastman School of Music and is currently the adjunct professor of oboe at Syracuse University's Setnor School. Gregory Quick  An honors graduate from the University of Michigan, Mr. Quick joined the Syracuse Symphony as its principal bassoonist in 1977. A frequent performer with the Skaneateles Festival, he has also performed with the Summer Music Festival of Arkansas, Rochester Philharmonic, Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal and the Toledo Zoo Band. Harumi Rhodes  Violinst Harumi Rhodes is a founding member of the 2009 Naumburg Chamber Music Award winning ensemble, Trio Cavatina. Recent highlights include their European debut in Lithuania, U.S. performances with Musicians from Marlboro, and their debuts in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Harumi just completed her residency with Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Two and has recently been named the newest Artist Member of the Boston Chamber Music Society. Harumi received her degrees from the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory, where she received the prestigious Gunther Schuller Award. Visit Harumi Rhodes's website. Stewart Rose  Stewart Rose, French Horn player, first joined the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble in 1983 and is also Principal Horn with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the New York City Opera Orchestra. In recent seasons he has performed as Guest Principal Horn with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and as a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Other recent performances include appearances at the Marlboro, Tanglewood, Mostly Mozart, Spoleto, Edinburgh, Eastern Shore and Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festivals. He recently released to his first solo CD From the Forest, which Buffalo Globe critic Herman Trotter called: “a recording to be treasured, not only by horn players but by average music lovers searching for new frontiers of musical excellence.” Visit Stewart Rose's website. Peter Serkin  Peter Serkin's rich musical heritage extends back several generations: his grandfather was the violinist and composer Adolf Busch and his father the pianist Rudolf Serkin. In 1958, at the age of eleven, he entered the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In 1959 he made his Marlboro Music Festival and New York City debuts and invitations to perform with the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras soon followed. His performances with symphony orchestras, recital appearances, chamber music collaborations and recordings are respected worldwide. Highlights of Mr. Serkin's recent and upcoming US appearances include performances with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, and the Boston, Chicago, National, Detroit, St. Louis, Toronto, Cincinnati and Atlanta symphonies; recitals in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall in Chicago and New York's 92nd Street Y; and summer festival appearances at Ravinia, Aspen, Ojai, Caramoor, Tanglewood, Blossom, Mostly Mozart, Saratoga and the Mann Center with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Serkin currently teaches at Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Longy School of Music. He resides in Massachusetts with his wife, Regina, and is the father of five children. Visit Peter Serkin's website. Alexander Sevastian  A native of Belarus, Alexander Sevastian started playing the accordion at the age of seven. He was the First prize winner of “The Golden Accordion International Competition” in 2001 and in 2007 won the prestigious Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships, held in Washington DC. He has performed throughout Russian, as well as Germany, Italy and Japan, Mexico, Portugal, the USA and several major tours in Canada. He also performed as soloist with the Hamilton and Toronto symphonies, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and with orchestras in Victoria, Quebec City, Windsor, and Edmonton. Since 2002 Alexander has also performed as a member of “Quartetto Gelato.” Visit Alexander Sevastian's website. Sar Shalom Strong  Sar-Shalom Strong has often performed in concert with the Society for New Music, Civic Morning Musicals, and in collaboration with outstanding area and visiting musicians. He has appeared as soloist with the Utica Symphony Orchestra and the Hamilton College Orchestra and has performed with the Skaneateles Festival, Cazenovia Music Festival. From 1998-2007 he served as keyboardist for the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Central NY performances include Utica College and Hamilton College concerts with Rob and Lauralyn Kolb, as well as a solo performances at Utica College, a concert of piano trios in Cortland with violinist Jeremy Mastrangelo and cellist David LeDoux, a Syracuse recital with Janet Brown, and a performance of Russian music for violin and piano sponsored by the Russian Department of Colgate University. Sar holds degrees from Knox College and Syracuse University, and is Lecturer in Piano and Coordinator of Staff Pianists for Hamilton College. Michael Unger  Canadian-born organist and harpsichordist Michael Unger currently resides in Rochester, New York. A multiple-award winning performer, he was awarded both First Prize and Audience Prize in the 2008 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. Later that same year, he won First Prize and the Yoshida Minoru Memorial Award in the Sixth International Organ Competition Musashino-Tokyo, Japan, and in 2009, he was awarded Second Prize and Audience Award in the Eighth International Schnitger Organ Competition on the historic organs of Alkmaar, the Netherlands. Unger completed masters’ degrees in both organ and harpsichord at the Eastman School of Music and currently co-instructs Eastman’s organ literature classes. Visit Michael Unger's website. James VanDemark  James VanDemark left high school at 17 to become principal bassist with the Hamilton Philharmonic in Ontario and joined the faculty at the Eastman School of Music in 1976 to teach double bass when he was 23. He has appeared as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Atlantic Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, Netherlands Radio Symphony, Heidelberg Festival Orchestra and Rochester Philharmonic. His chamber music collaborations include appearances with Yehudi Menuhin, Cleveland Quartet, Colorado Quartet, Guarneri Quartet, the Los Angeles Piano Quartet and a duo recital with André Watts. Visit James VanDemark's website. David Ying  In addition to his role as the cellist of the Ying Quartet, David Ying performs frequently as solo cellist. He has appeared with such orchestras as the Oakland East-Bay Symphony, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, the String Orchestra of the Rockies, and the Rochester Chamber Orchestra. He has won numerous awards as a solo cellist, including prizes in the Naumburg International Cello Competition, the Washington International Competition, and a diploma at the Tchaikovsky International Cello Competition. A dedicated and active teacher, Mr, Ying has taught at Interlochen, the Brevard Music Center, and Northwestern University. He is currently on the chamber music and cello faculty of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Chris Younghoon Kim  Chris Younghoon Kim joined the faculty of Cornell University in 2004 where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra, teaches conducting and is a member of Ensemble X. He holds a Bachelor of Music in music education and oboe performance from Northwestern University and a Master of Music in orchestral conducting from the University of Michigan. Kim serves as Artistic Director of Brave New Works, a vibrant ensemble of ten musicians dedicated to performing new compositions, and is the conductor and a founding member of the Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, based in Boston. Before coming to Cornell in 2004 he taught at Tufts University, served as resident conductor of the Mozart Society Orchestra at Harvard University, and was assistant conductor for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. |
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